LTGs

 

Want to grow closer to Christ?

Have 1 hour a week to meet with someone?

Willing to be real & open with a few trusted people?

Ready to read the Bible?

 

That's what people do in Life Transformation Groups.

 

Here are some basics to get you started:

• LTGs meet once a week for approximately 1 hour.

• There are 1 to 5 others in the group.

• Men meet with men and women with women.

• During the week, you read 7-35 chapters of the Bible.

• There is no curriculum, workbook, etc.

• No one is the leader of the group.

 

The LTG is simple, yet powerful. It incorporates the values of community, internal life transformation, and reproduction of disciples.

 

 

Key Elements of an LTG

 

A Steady Diet of Scripture

• The suggested weekly Scripture reading is between 7-35 chapters.

• When the agreed upon reading is not completed by all members of the LTG, the passages are re-read by the entire group for the next week.

• Re-reading is not a negative; it helps in understanding and applying the truth of God's Word to one's life.

 

Journaling the Scriptures

• Respond to one verse of Scripture encountered during the required reading at least 3 times a week.

• Use the acronym S-O-A-P:

      S - Write down the verse of SCRIPTURE that speaks to your heart.

      O - Write down a brief OBSERVATION about the verse you have chosen. 

      A - Write down how this verse APPLIES to your specific life situation.

      P - Write down a PRAYER concerning your application of the verse.

 

The Confession of Sin and Prayer

• Read through the LTG Questions and respond appropriately.

• Confess your sins to one another and pray for each other.

• Pray with each other for the non-believers God has placed on your heart.

 

Relational Development & Spiritual Growth

• Share the important things God is doing in your life.

• Share personal testimonies of God's workings in and through you the past week.

• Minister to each other through the Holy Spirit (edification, exhortation & comfort.)

 

 

 

LTG questions

 

 

1. What answers to prayer have you had this week? How have you seen the Lord intervene in your personal life or the lives of your family and friends? 

 

2. Have you been consistent in your devotional life this week? What has God worked in you through your quiet times?

 

3. What worries or issues are you currently facing?

 

4. What emotional issues have you faced this week? How have you gained victory over negative thoughts?

 

5. How have you remained satisfied with what God has given you and used your finances to benefit the Kingdom of God this week? 

 

6. Have you been exposed to sexually alluring material or allowed your mind to entertain inappropriate thoughts about another this week? 

 

7. How have you gained victory over addictive behaviors this week? 

 

8. What have you done to ensure that you have not offended anyone with your attitudes or behavior this week? What have you done to be certain that all your relationships have glorified the Lord? 

 

9. Did God provide an opportunity for you to share your faith with someone this week? 

 

10. What is the greatest area of temptation you struggled with this past week?

 

11. Were you able to finish the Scripture reading this week? What did God speak to you through His Word?

 

 

 

LTG alternate questions

 

 

John Wesley Questions:

• Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the idea that I am better than I am? (hypocrite?)

• Am I honest in all my acts or words, or do I exaggerate? 

• Do I confidently pass on to another what others have told me in confidence? 

• Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?

• Am I self conscious, self pitying, or self justified?

• Did the Bible live in me today?

• Do I give it time to speak to me every day?

• Am I enjoying prayer?

• When did I last speak to someone about my faith? 

• Do I pray about the money I spend?

• Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?

• Do I disobey God in anything?

• Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy? 

• Am I defeated in any part of my life? 

• Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful? 

• How do I spend my spare time? 

• Am I proud?

• Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisee who despised the publican? 

• Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I going to do about it? 

• Do I grumble and complain constantly? 

• Is Christ real to me? 

 

Wesley's Band Meeting Questions:

• What known sins have you committed since our last meeting?

• What temptations have you met with?

• How were you delivered?

• What have you thought, said, or done, of which you doubt whether it be sin or not? 

 

Chuck Swindoll's Pastoral Accountability Questions:

• Have you been with a woman anywhere this past week that might be seen as compromising? 

• Have any of your financial dealings lacked integrity? 

• Have you exposed yourself to any sexually explicit material? 

• Have you spent adequate time in Bible Study and Prayer? 

• Have you given priority time to your family?

• Have you fulfilled the mandates of your calling? 

• Have you just lied to me? 

 

Renovare Questions:

• In what ways did God make his presence known to you since our last meeting?

• What experiences of prayer, meditation and spiritual reading has God given you?

• What difficulties or frustrations did you encounter?

• What joys or delights? 

• What temptations did you face since our last meeting?

• How did you respond?

• Which spiritual disciplines did God use to lead you further into holiness of heart and life?

• Have you sensed any influence or work of the Holy Spirit since our last meeting? 

• What spiritual gifts did the Spirit enable you to exercise?

• What was the outcome?

• What fruit of the Spirit would you like to see increase in your life? 

• Which disciplines might be useful in this effort? 

 

• What opportunities did God give you to serve others since our last meeting?

• How did you respond? 

• Did you encounter injustice to or oppression of others?

• Were you able to work for justice and peace? 

 

• In what ways did you encounter Christ in your reading of the Scripture since our last meeting?

• How has the Bible shaped the way you think and live?

• Did God provide an opportunity for you to share your faith with someone?

• How did you respond? 

 

Questions from Los Altos Brethren Church:

• How have you experienced God in your life this week?

• What is God teaching you? 

• How are you responding to His prompting? 

• Do you have a need to confess any sin?

• How did you do with your reading this week? 

 

Questions from Palo Alto:

• Did I invest the proper quality / quantity of time in my most important relationships? 

• Did my life reflect verbal integrity? 

• Did I express a forgiving attitude toward others? 

• Did I practice undisciplined or addictive behavior?

• Was I honorable in my financial dealings? 

• Was I sexually pure? 

• Did I spend time with the Lord this week, completing the Bible reading for the week? 

• Did I pray for my pre-Christian friends? Did I talk with someone about Christ? 

 

French Pastor Questions:

• What have the Scriptures revealed in your life this week? 

- In terms of specific sinful behavior? 

- In terms of specific sinful thoughts? 

- In terms of specific sinful works? 

• What errors or lies that you once believed have now been corrected by your reading of the Scripture? 

• What encouragement have the Scriptures given you in your daily walk? 

• What do you need to ask the Spirit of God to reveal to you that you have not yet understood? 

 

Kids' LTG Questions:

• How have your actions and words shown others that you love Jesus?

• How have you been respectful to your parents and the adults around you this week? 

• How have you loved others even when you didn't feel like it?

• How have you seen God answer your prayers this week?

• In what ways have you been angry or frustrated this week because you didn't get something that you wanted or didn't get your way?

• In what ways have you taken anything that does not belong to you this week? 

• In what ways have you not told the truth this week?

• In what ways have you been mean to others this week?

• In what ways have you not completed the responsibilities you have been given? 

• Have you finished your Bible reading? What did you learn? 

 

Neil Cole's List of Questions:

• What is the condition of your soul? 

• What sin do you need to confess? 

• What have you held back from God that you need to surrender? 

• Is there anything that has dampened your zeal for Christ? 

• Who have you talked with about Christ this week? 

 

Questions from Buenos Aires, Argentina:

• How have you sensed God's presence in your life during this past week? 

• Have you received specific answers to your prayers? What was it?

• Have you spoken with a non-believer about your faith in Jesus Christ? With Whom?

• To whom have you shown God's love during this past week?

• What have you learned about God in your personal Bible reading this past week?

• As a result of your Bible reading this past week, how have you determined to better obey God?

• Specifically, what area of your life do you feel that God most wants to change? Have you taken specific steps to make those changes? 

• What good habit do you feel God wants to form in your life? Have you taken specific steps to develop that habit?

 

Paul Klawitter Questions:

• What worries or others issues are you currently facing? 

• Is there an area that God is working on in your life or any sin that you would like to pray about? 

• For what non-Christian friend can we pray?

• In your reading of the Bible: Who is God? What does He expect of you? What do you think He is saying to you? How do you think you should respond?

 

2 Important Basic Questions:

• What is God telling you to do?

• What are you going to do about it? 

 

 

LTG strategic prayer focus

 

 

Each of you in the group is to identify two or three who you feel led to pray for their salvation. List the names of all those identified in the group so that all of you pray for each of the lost souls weekly. We recommend that you keep the following list in your Bibles as a bookmark for your daily reading so that each time you open your Bible you are reminded to pray for these people.

 

- ______________  -  ______________

 

- ______________  -  ______________

 

- ______________  -  ______________

 

 

1. Lord, I pray that you draw ________    to know You. (Acts 17:27) 

 

2. I pray that _______ seek to know you. (Acts 17:27)

 

3. I pray that _______ hear and believe the Word of God for what it really is. (1 Thess. 2:13)

 

4. I ask You, Lord, to prevent Satan from blinding _______ to the truth. (2 Cor. 4:4; 2 Tim. 2:25-26)

 

5. Holy Spirit, I ask you to convict _______ of his / her sin and need for Christ's redemption. (Jn. 16:7-14)

 

6. I ask that You send someone who will share the Gospel with _______. (Matt. 9:37-38)

 

7. I also ask that you give me the opportunity, the courage, and the right words to share the truth with _______. (Col. 4:3-6; Eph. 6:19-20)

 

8. Lord, I pray that _______ turn from his / her sin and follow Christ. (Acts 17: 30-31; 1 Thess. 1:9-10)

 

9. Lord, I pray that _______ would put all of his / her trust in Christ. (Jn. 1:12, 5:24)

 

10. Lord, I pray that _______ confess Christ as Lord, take root and grow in faith, and bear much fruit for Your glory. (Ro. 10:9-10; Col. 2: 6-7; Luke 8:15)

 

"Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer for them is for their salvation." (Ro. 10:1)

 

 

Want to download the Strategic Prayer Focus as a Word document? Click here (Would be nice to put this in a linked Document)

 

 

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Need help finding an LTG?  Please contact the church office by either sending us an e-mail or give us a call at the church during office hours at 325-223-0521.